Shootings Appear Similar

August 21, 1997|By Daily Press

HAMPTON — Police are investigating whether two incidents in which Hampton houses were shot into are related.

The first shooting occurred between 11 p.m. Monday and 12 a.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Armstrong Drive, according to Cpl. Jeff Walden, police spokesman. A shot apparently was fired into the upstairs window of the home. The family who lives in the home initially thought the broken window was due to a rock being thrown into it and did not immediately report it to police, Walden said.

The second shooting occurred Tuesday at about 9 p.m. in the 100 block of Clyde Street, Walden said. In that incident, at least two shots were fired, one into the front door and one into the wood trim, he said. The residents were not home at the time and returned to find the bullet holes, Walden said.

On Wednesday, a woman who lives at the Armstrong Drive home called police after she approached a teen-ager standing outside and he pulled out two pistols. The bullets fired at the Clyde Street home came from a pistol, Walden said.